Soap-cage.



N0. 679,208. Patented .iuly 23, |901. F. J. BETTS.

SOAP CAGE;

(Application filed Jan. 23, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATns aTniuT Tribu.

FRANK J. BETTS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWJERSEY.

SOAPw-CAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 679,208, dated July 23,1901.

Application filed January 23, 1901. Serial No. 44,465. (No model.)

T0 @Z5 whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BETTS, a citi- Zen of the United States,and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Soap-Cages,of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to apparatus for holding in place materialswhich are to be acted upon by iiuids, the said fluids either to flow orspray upon them, or the apparatus with the said materials are immersedin the fluids.

The object of the invention is the production of a cage withappurtenances into which materials can be easily introduced ordischarged, the said cage arranged so that it can be suspended or placedupon a support, and in either casein different operative positions.

The device shown in the drawings shows its application to a holder forcakes of soap, and particularly for large cakes as furnished bymanufacturers. By the use of my device the trouble of cutting soap andthe resultant waste are avoided. The holder can be held under a faucetwhile the water is running and will make sufficient suds for mostpurposes.

The cage keeps the soap clean and avoids having soap sticking onCrockery, as is frequently the case when the soap is put in a dishpanwithout a protector. It is constructed so that it can be hung up in aconvenient place over a sink or can be placed on one of its sides in thesink.

Figure l represents a front view of the improved cage with itsappurtenances. Fig. 2 shows an end view. Fig. 3 is a section on the linea: a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. represents an enlarged section on the line y yof Fig. 2. Fig. 5 shows a top view of a portion of the body of the cage.Fig. 6 represents a plan of a clamp. Fig. 7 is an end view of clamp bentin operative position.

The device is shown to consist of a wirecloth body A, which isrectangular in crosssection, with curved corners. Bonnets B B it on theends of the body, the bonnet B being generally tightly secured theretoand the bonnet B fitting loosely to allow it to be taken olf for theintroduction of the cake of soap or other material. The apparatus may bemade with both bonnets fitting loosely to the body, which latter neednot be confined to the shape here shown. A handle O O is hooked to thebonnets and holds the loose bonnet orbonnets in place. The bonnets arecup-shaped, and each contains a hole e through its center andprojections b on its outer surface. These projections are formed in thebonnets in pairs, each pair generally having a pair opposite andequidistant from the hole in the center of the bonnet.

The body A may be made of a continuous piece of wire-cloth or othermaterial with perforations 5 but my preferred form is to secure a pieceof wire-cloth on abutting longitudinal seams with clamps H. These clampsbefore being bent into operative position are shaped with four ears h,thesaid ears being bent on the abutting longitudinal members of thewire-cloth, as shown in Figs. l and 5.

The handle is of a special construction and is shown to consist of aloop with legs O C running parallel for portions of their lengths,

when they converge, as at c', and then again diverge, as at c2, and nextrun parallel, as at c3, after which they make approximately right anglesand extend approximately parallel with the body of the cage, and thenmake another approximate right angle to extend parallel to the faces ofthe bonnets, which they enter by terminating in hooks c4. A sliplockband D holds the legs of the handle in position when the bonnets areboth on the body, as shown in Fig. l.

When it is desired to detach the handle from the cage, the sliplock-band D is moved up the legs of the handle until it is in itsnarrowest portion, which allows the springing of one of the legs, andconsequently the easy detachment of the bonnets to place a new piece ofsoap or other material into the cage.

It will be seen that the body of the device can be turned ninety degreesfrom the position shown in Fig. l and, further, that the handles can beclamped with any pair of projections b, Fig. l, and, further, that otherprojections similar to b could be inserted in the bonnets for variouspositions of the body with respect to the handle. It will :further beseen that the bonnets are rectangular in their end views, with theircorners curved, which is found convenient when it is desired to placethe cage on a support.

Having described my invention, I desire to ICO secure by United StatesLetters Patent and claimj 1. A cage, bonnets on the ends of the cage andhaving holes, projections on the outer faces of the bonnets, adetachable handle hooked into the holes in the bonnets, and also securedby the said projections on the bonnets,`in combination with a sliplock-band on the handle.

2. A holder, comprising a cage-body,a bonnet tightly secured' to one endof the cagebody and having a hole, a bonnet slipped over the oppositeend of the cage-body and having a hole, projections on the outer facesof the bonnets, a detachable handle hooked into the holes in thebonnets, and also secured by the projections on the bonnets, incombination With a slip lock-band on the handle.

3. Aholder,oomprisingacage-body,clamps on the cage-body, ears on theclamps bent over the abutting ends of the cage-body, bonnets on the endsof the cage-body and having holes, projections on the outer faces of thebonnets, a detachable handle hooked into the holes, and also secured bythe said projections on the bonnets, in combination with a sliplock-band on the handle.

4. A holder comprising a cage A, bonnets B, B at the ends of the cage,projections b on the outer faces of the bonnets, a detachable handle CC, hooked tothe bonnets, and a slip lock-band D on the handle.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 21st day of January, A. D. 1901.

FRANK J. BETTS.

Witnesses:

O. B. HARRIS, WILLIAM P. FRANCE.

